Search for my Tongue: Sujata Bhatt
This 36-slide lesson explores Sujata Bhatt’s poem ‘Search for my Tongue’.
The lesson provides detailed analysis of the poem and includes: biographical information about Bhatt, analysis of the poem’s use of language and poetic techniques, analysis of the poem’s structure, form & rhyme, as well as a range of questions, discussion points, and tasks for students to complete. Students are encouraged to think about the significance of language and its relationship to cultural assimilation and identity.
The final task at the end of the lesson is an extended writing activity.
This lesson is ideal for KS3 pupils, but could be used for GCSE too.
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